Suit filed against Oread officials
An associate professor at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City filed a suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court testing the constitutionality of the Kansas loyalty oath.
Gerald A. Ehrenreich, associate professor of clinical psychology, claimed the rights granted by the first and fourteenth amendments and article one of the U.S. Constitution are violated by the cath, which must be signed by all faculty members of state universities.
The defendants named in the suit, also signed by 13 other professors employed by the state, included Robert Londerholm, attorney general, the Kansas Board of Regents, and W. Clarke Wescoe, as well as other state university presidents:
"MY PERSONAL OBJECTIONS to the oath, as well as a legal opinion, were sent through university channels to the Chancellor who decided that no action or response was required by the University." Ehrenreich said.
At that time Londerholm gave an opinion that the oath was constitutional.
The attorney general's office told the Daily Kansan today that the opinion was based on a case from the U.S. Supreme Court
concerning a substantially similar oath which originated in Los Angeles.
The attorney general said that the defendants would have 20 days in which to answer the suit or file a responsive pleading or petition.
THE SUIT ALLEGES Ehrenreich is paid from state funds and as a condition precedent to his being placed on the payroll at the center he was asked to execute the oath on Oct. 23, 1965.
"The statute states those refusing to sign are subject to immediate dismissal of office and are considered as committing a felony, subject to criminal penalties."
James Ahrens, law professor at Washburn University, said the statute imposes two types of punishment for failure to sign the oath.
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Other KU professors who signed the suit "on their own behalf as representatives of all professors employed by the Board of Regents of the state of Kansas," were David H. Jones and Howard Kahane, both assistant professors of philosophy, and Norman R. Yetman, American Studies Department.
Loyalty oath
"I, ___, swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of the State by force or violence; and that during such time as I am an officer or employee of the State of Kansas, I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this State by force or violence."
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77th Year, No. 3
Wednesday, September 21. 1966
SOON TO BE VACANT
The last house on the five-acre site on Daisy Hill will soon be moved to make way for an eventual housing complex. The four-dorm complex was shelved by private investors this week.
Says dorm plans halted
A Daily Kansan statement that Jayhawk Investments, Inc., had postponed their proposed dormitory complex on Daisy Hill was confirmed late Tuesday night by E. R. Zook, business agent for the group.
"We will re-evaluate the whole project," Zook said. He set early spring as the earliest date the project might be reinstated.
THE REASONS WERE listed as causes for delay:
- The decrease in enrollment figures from those which were predicted two years ago.
- The economic situation, particularly the high rate in acquiring investment capital.
- The complex, to be placed on Daisy Hill across Engel Road from Templin Hall, is to include four residence halls, six stories high, swimming pool facilities, two level parking, and dining facilities.
- The international situation and the ramifications of the Viet Nam conflict.
Bids for the original project,
which was to be completed next
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fall, were taken last week. The low bid at that time was $4.5 million.
Jayhawk Investments set a new target date for occupancy of the dorm to be September 1968.
THE LOTS IN THE five-acre site were purchased last October and nine homes were cleared this summer. The land will be idle until early spring.
Stanley Learned, head of the Council for Progress and member of Jayhawk Investments, Inc., said last week that the continuation of the building project would depend on KU enrollment. The skyrocketing credit situation was also mentioned by Learned as a factor in the possible delay.
Zook said that the bids would be taken again in the spring.
Naismith Hall, a similar project of the Northwestern Life Insurance Co., experienced an unsuccessful first year this fall. Applications in the new co-educational hall amounted to only 250 in number. The capacity of the building is 505.
THE REASON FOR THE DROP in the number of residents in the private and University halls has been attributed to the decrease of anticipated students who enrolled this fall.
KU's ten halls are 85 to 96 per cent full, and this places them
J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, said there would be no financial burden on the department first semester because of empty rooms. There are spaces for 250 students still available in the 10 halls.
on the border line for financial income which enables the housing department to meet bond payments.
LBJ reveals Ball quitting
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—President Johnson announced today that Underssecretary of State George W. Ball has resigned and that Att. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach will succeed him in the State Department.
He did not name a successor to Katzenbach as attorney general.
Ramsey Clark, the son of Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, is the deputy attorney general, the No. 2 post in the Justice Department.
The President also announced the appointment of Eugene Rostow, former dean of the Yale Law School, as undersecretary of state. Rostow will take the post formerly held by W. Averell Harriman.
Enrollment low; schools crowded
Though KU fall enrollment dropped 343 below the number of students anticipated, some schools are feeling the pinch as enrollment reached a record high of 14,538 students.
For the first time, the School of Law turned away 170 first year student applicants due to a shortage in classroom space. James K. Logan, dean of the law school, said that an architect is being sought to design a new building which will hold an estimated 500 students or more if enrollment continues to rise.
The money for this building, Dean Logan said, will come from the Second Century Fund Drive and plans hopefully will take shape next year. He added that plans could be advanced with money from private sources. The site for the new building will be determined in the near future.
Local executive warns of "catch" in subscriptions
A magazine sales group in Lawrence is telling "half-truths" about the magazines they are selling, Keith Whitter, executive of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday.
"The group offers magazines for 40 cents a month. But what they never tell you is that this lasts for five years. You pay $104 for what you could buy off the newsstands for $8 a year," he said.
First a sales pitch is made over the phone and then they make a home visit.
"I want to warn students to be sure they know what they are buying. Read the contract; it is binding. Don't be sold before you know what you are doing," Whitter said.
"These people cannot be prosecuted under the Peddler's Ordinance because they make the phone call and establish a legitimate appointment. We had similar trouble last year." he said.
"They are taking the student's money and I don't like it. I don't think the students do either," he said.
Seminars are an important part of the law school curriculum. "I'm holding a seminar in my office at present," Dean Logan said, emphasizing the need for more large seminar rooms, preferably with horseshoe-shaped tables for better class-faculty communication.
The new building will make possible an increase of four in the law school faculty, said Logan. This year's staff numbers 16 fulltime faculty members.
Conversely, the Business School lost two faculty members shortly before the beginning of this semester. Joseph W. McGuire, dean of the School of Business, said their positions will probably not be filled until next year or possibly next semester.
Dean McGuire also notes a shortage of classroom space but foresees a remedy with the completion of the present KU building program next year.
One of the few schools not suffering a marked problem with the increase in enrollment is the Graduate School, William P. Albrecht, dean of the school, estimates the fall enrollment at 2,800 students.
Kenneth Anderson, dean of the School of Education, whose enrollment estimate made last spring was 343 students below the present fall total, said he had not worked out an estimate for next semester. He will do this when he learns the official total for this semester. At present he sees no major increase unless the war in Viet Nam ends.
What's inside
RUSH—Sorority pledge lists are on page 5, fraternity listings on pages 9-10.
**SPORTS** — Bobby Skahan's broken toe is discussed on page 6.
PRESS CONFERENCE—Provost James R. Surface talks with Kansan executives on page 3.
SURVEYOR II—Is dying and may crash into the moon. See page 3.